Harry C.:

Here is that nice photo of yours right-side-up.

REC

Now that's a great picture!





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My grandfathers 16 ga VH. Passed to my Dad who hunted it for years and to my brother who gave it to me as he gave up hunting for the most part.

The 16ga Trojan that I got my one and only honest-to-God-both-birds-in-the-air double with. Second would be Orphan Annie, my SBT with the cropped barrel, mostly because no one else would want it :rotf:! Then again, those are the only two I own!

https://i.imgur.com/gmXnLswl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/dCQ89gbl.jpg

I’ve posted this Parker before. My great grandfather ordered this Grade 3 12 gauge top lever in October 1886 and took delivery in March 1887 (per the letter). Will never, never be sold.

I don't blame you Tom, besides being a family heirloom that is one fantastic looking gun.

my old lifter 8 gauge would not be for sale because i wanted an 8 ga even when i was a boy.....just something about them old 8 s.......charlie

A little VH 20 given to me by my mentor Louis Goland when I was 7 years old , some 73 years ago. Later all of his remaining guns.

Allan

Boy, that's like asking which one of your kids do you love more.

There are two, both of them Trojans. The 12 gauge which was my Dad's and he hunted with extensively in NJ. before and after he returned from the Pacific during WW2 and which really sparked my interest in Parkers from a very young age. The other is a 20 gauge Trojan given to me by a dear friend. I guess I could just keep those two guns and they could satisfy all my hunting/shooting needs. But.... what fun would that be?:nono:

Thank you Daryl. Also, a couple of years ago I picked up a set of 30” 12 gauge Damascus tubes which I’m having restored and sleeved to 16 gauge. The original 28” barrels, which are in good shape, are Cyl/Cyl and I wanted tighter chokes for upland hunting and clays. The barrels have to be sleeved as the refinisher found 2 pin holes and suggested sleeving as laser welding the pin holes may not hold up long term and could be unsafe. I’m fine with the 16 gauge sleeves for this 1 frame gun. It’s a new dimension for an old gun.